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• Geertje Symens, Skraard, Súdwest Fryslân, Fryslân, Netherlands
• David Stark, Harpers Ferry, Cameron Parish, Loudoun, Virginia Colony († 1857)
• Cornelis Pieter Karsseboom, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1807)
• Alexander Steenbeek, Amersfoort († 1847)
• Hendrica Meuleman, Ulft, Gemeente Gendringen, Nederland
• Anne Françoise Gau, Labruguière, Tarn, Frankrijk († 1859)
• Bernardia van Roij, Rotterdam
• Geertje Symons (Sijmens) (Geertie, Gettje) Hoekstra, Schraard, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1850)
• Catrina (Catharina, Caatje) Steenhart (Steenhaart), Biervliet († 1812)
• Catrina (Catharina) Steenhart, Biervliet († 1812)

• Jacob van der Mandere (68), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Joan Joseph Thomas VILLAROS (37), Collioure,66190,Pyrénées-Orientales,LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON,FRANCE
• Gijsbertus (Gijs Jansen) de Wit (53), Sloten
• Joannes Baptista Lemmens (44), Hooge en Lage Mierde
• Jan Claasse Plomp (35), Columbo, Ceylon
• Hendrik Duijneveld
• Claude Brouart (94), Chaintrix-Bièrges, 51 Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France
• Barbara Peeters (60), Niel, Antwerpen, België
• Constantina Pratt (40), Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts
• Christiaan Pieters Schabels (45)

• 1700 » José de Escandón, 1st Count of Sierra Gorda, Spanish sergeant and politician († 1770)
• 1724 » Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, English admiral and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland († 1779)
• 1744 » Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, German-born Queen to George III of the United Kingdom († 1818)
• 1762 » Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher and academic († 1814)
• 1773 » Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist († 1854)
• 1795 » Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist († 1873)
• 1827 » Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French academic and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1896)
• 1832 » James Watney, Jr., English politician, brewer and cricketer († 1886)
• 1857 » John Jacob Abel, American biochemist and pharmacologist († 1938)
• 1861 » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress († 1931)

• 1715 » Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1661)
• 1786 » John Stanley, English organist and composer (b. 1712)
• 1795 » James Boswell, Scottish biographer (b. 1740)
• 1795 » Josiah Bartlett, American physician and politician, 4th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1729)
• 1798 » William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1722)
• 1821 » Camille Jordan, French lawyer and politician (b. 1771)
• 1825 » Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, French philosopher and theorist (b. 1760)
• 1831 » Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Estonian-German physician, botanist, and entomologist (b. 1793)
• 1864 » Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1804)
• 1865 » Sengge Rinchen, Mongolian general (b. 1811)

1. Jan
2. Pieter
3. Johannes
4. Cornelis
5. Hendrik
6. Joannes
7. Willem
8. Jacob
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. John
14. Klaas
15. Jean
16. Abraham

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Catharina
6. Marie
7. Trijntje
8. Elisabeth
9. Joanna
10. Grietje
11. Neeltje
12. Adriana
13. Antje
14. Aaltje
15. Elizabeth
16. Janna

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• April 14 » The first abolition society in North America is established. The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage is organized in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.
• April 19 » American Revolutionary War: The war begins with an American victory in Concord during the battles of Lexington and Concord.
• October 13 » The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy (predecessor of the United States Navy).
• October 18 » African-American poet Phillis Wheatley is freed from slavery.
• November 10 » The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas.
• December 3 » USSAlfred becomes the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag (the precursor to the Stars and Stripes); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones.

The temperature on May 19, 1775 was about 9.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: regen.